Highfield Princess was the first European candidate to leave the quarantine on Nov. 2. Her race day driver Jason Hart had landed in Kentucky a day earlier and was in for a workout this morning on the track. .
The 5-year-old purebred daughter of Trainers House Enterprises of Thunder Night was the second choice at dawn 7-2 for the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T) Sprint. She entered the World Championship with three consecutive wins in Group 1: Arc Prix Maurice de Gheest (G1) in Deauville, Coolmore Wootton Bassett Nunthorpe Stakes (G1) in York, and Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Flying Five Stakes ( G1) at Bow. This year, the mare won five of its nine starts and grossed over $1.04 million. For her career, she has a 12-5-5 record in 30 starts and makes over $1.26 million.
Highfield Princess, coached by John Quinn, will aim to stop the morning favorite 2-1 Golden Pal from winning his third Breeders’ Cup and becoming the third horse to achieve the feat after Goldikova and Beholder .
“I’m very pleased with her, nice and nimble, she looks good,” Hart said. “We just had a lap around the practice lane. I think we had a lovely draw at the gate, 6. Apparently, Golden Pal was two minutes and eight away from us and looked like once again. like we all have to beat. It would be nice to get a good lead in the race with him and we’ll see how it goes. I’m really looking forward to that.”
Highfield Princess is apart from Danehill winner Pure Illusion, making her half-sister to group 1, group 2 winners Cardsharp . Pure Illusion is also a half-sister to Well Spoken, multi-group winner Chrysanthemum .
